NBA Showdown is an out-of-print
trading card game
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards, introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in ...
produced by
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidia ...
based on the game of
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
. It was released in February 2002.
The game is played with customizable decks of cards featuring
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
players and
20-sided dice. It is one of several sport-themed card games produced by Wizards, including
MLB Showdown and
NFL Showdown.
The one and only set was released in 2002 and contained 228 player cards (175 of which were designated common, the other 53 rare) and 50 strategy cards. Both starter sets and seven-card booster packs were sold. Approximately one in every three booster packs contains a rare card. The NBA Showdown 2002 Starter set contains the following items:
* 16 Player Cards -including John Stockton and Dikembe Mutombo Rare Cards
* 40 Strategy Cards
* 1 20-sided Die
* 1 Playmat
* 1 Rulebook
* 1 Set of Counters and Tokens
Shortly after the game was released, several coaches in the Indiana Pacers organization participated in the "Front Office Basketball League" (FOBA), a simulated NBA season using the cards.
PACERS: FOBA
Pacers.com (via archive.org). Retrieved October 29, 2009.
The game was discontinued after its initial run, though it maintained a small following online via sites such as ShowdownCards.com.
See also
*'' MLB Showdown''
*'' NFL Showdown''
References
External links
The old official website from archive.org
*{{Bgg, 6346, ''NBA Showdown''
ShowdownCards.com
Card games introduced in 2001
Collectible card games
Wizards of the Coast games